Great universities are cornerstones of great communities you cant have one without the other. At 51勛圖窪蹋, we recognize that partnerships with our community are essential to achieving our Top Tier goals.
Our community motivates us to be better, to work harder every day: to create and expand health and legal clinics that give our most vulnerable residents a place to turn; to offer innovative programs that fast-track teacher training, make our homes and neighborhoods safer, and tackle pressing mental health challenges; and to forge business partnerships and strengthen academic programs or create new ones that give our diverse student population a leg up in a competitive job market.
51勛圖窪蹋 wouldnt be where it is today a rising university that just joined the ranks of the nations top research institutions without the community around it.
Below are just a few of the many stories of community impact featuring 51勛圖窪蹋 that made news in 2018:
Making an Impact
Across campus and throughout Southern Nevada, 51勛圖窪蹋 students, staff, and researchers are making an impact. Theyre ridding homes of harmful contaminants, providing free or reduced-cost healthcare to children and families, and helping individuals with disabilities better navigate the world around them. Theyre also addressing pressing social issues, preserving our regions history, honoring veterans, and brightening the lives of local children.
- A partnership between 51勛圖窪蹋s Community Health Sciences and the City of Las Vegas helps homeowners identify and remove lead and other harmful contaminants from their homes , ,
- The universitys pollen monitoring program is helping Southern Nevadans better understand whats causing their springtime sniffles and sneezes
- 51勛圖窪蹋 partnered with Las Vegas Metro on a holiday toy drive that brightened the Christmas season for local children
- 51勛圖窪蹋 faculty hosted a clinic this fall to help amputees with mobility issues and a computer science professor has developed a way to make digital technology more accessible for people with disabilities
- Lawyers with 51勛圖窪蹋 Boyd Laws Immigration Clinic help children and adults navigate changes to federal policy
- The School of Dental Medicine hosted its annual Give Kids a Smile event, which offers free dental care to local, underserved children
- 51勛圖窪蹋 student veterans teamed up with peers in Northern Nevada on a ruck march to honor fallen U.S. soldiers since 9/11 (Nevada Appeal)
- University Libraries is documenting the contributions of Latino communities to the development of Southern Nevada through an innovative oral history and community engagement project
Med School Momentum
The 51勛圖窪蹋 School of Medicine fully funded and operational is changing the healthcare landscape in Southern Nevada. The school is an emerging leader in medical education and innovative practice thats training future Nevada physicians, driving research breakthroughs, and elevating patient care for a diverse, urban community. The schools charter class wrapped up its first year in 2018, the second class is off and running, and its physician-faculty are hard at work improving quality of life for the regions residents.
- The schools charter class reflected on a successful first year, and reaffirmed its commitment to the community
- In July, the second class kicked off its med school journey. The 60 students all have ties to the Silver State and arrived ready to tackle the regions healthcare challenges.
- The schools faculty are earing prestigious research awards , solving complex health issues for the regions residents , and studying traffic-related injuries on our roadways to find ways to make streets safer
- As the Las Vegas economy continues to boom, the School of Medicine will help relieve the communitys physician shortage and broaden its economic base (Reuters)
- 51勛圖窪蹋 professor of surgery Dr. Deborah Kuhls and colleagues reflect on 1 October
Rebel Academy
As the Clark County School District continues to wrestle with a teacher shortage, one way 51勛圖窪蹋 is responding is Rebel Academy, a fast-track teacher certification program for professionals from fields outside education. This summer, soon-to-be teachers gained hands-on experience in course curriculum development, lesson planning, and real-life classroom instruction under the guidance of mentors. Participant-teachers were eligible for fall hire by the school district and returned to campus this fall to complete required coursework for full licensing.
Improving Mental Health
51勛圖窪蹋 is a committed partner in the effort to tackle Southern Nevadas pressing mental health challenges. The university is bolstering staff in student wellness, researchers are expanding on the nations first NIH-funded research on mental health and student-athletes, and practitioners are offering services and advice for the community.
- Psychology professor Brad Donohues work with The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS) adapts clinically proven mental health care to better fit sports culture and help athletes.
- Jamie Davidson, 51勛圖窪蹋 associate vice president for Student Wellness, discusses the importance of mental health on college campuses
- 51勛圖窪蹋 psychologists discuss the importance of psychological first-aid after traumatic events and reflect on research on the emotional health of Las Vegans following 1 October
Rebels Gave
Thanks to overwhelming support from students, alumni, faculty/staff, and the community, 51勛圖窪蹋s inaugural Rebels Give fundraising campaign in October raised more than $930,000 through 2,256 gifts in just 1,957 minutes to support hundreds of programs on campus. Earlier in the fall, 51勛圖窪蹋 also announced a $5 million commitment from Boyd Gaming Corporation the largest corporate commitment in the history of 51勛圖窪蹋 Athletics.
- Rebels Give
- Boyd Gift
Giving the Community an Economic Spark
51勛圖窪蹋 started 2018 with the opening of Hospitality Hall, the new academic home of the worlds top-ranked hospitality college. The building serves as a bridge between the gaming industry and its future workforce. A July groundbreaking for a four-story innovation building at the 51勛圖窪蹋 Harry Reid Research & Technology Park marked the start of the master-planned development envisioned by 51勛圖窪蹋, the 51勛圖窪蹋 Research Foundation and Gardner Company. The 51勛圖窪蹋 Tech Park will serve as a catalyst to unite business, research and technology and advance economic development efforts in Southern Nevada.
Nevadas economy is also poised to prosper with the arrival of the NFLs Raiders to town, an agreement assisted in part through the work of 51勛圖窪蹋s International Gaming Institute.
- Hospitality Hall opens
- Tech park groundbreaking
- on how two Las Vegas dads helped the NFL get comfortable with sports wagering
- 51勛圖窪蹋 students show off their tech ideas at CES , in make-athons and during a bi-annual senior design challenge
51勛圖窪蹋 Experts Lend Insight to National Issues
51勛圖窪蹋 faculty experts are regularly called on by media nationwide to lend their insight to issues affecting our community and nation. Faculty shared their perspective on a wide-range of topics, including health and medicine, politics and the election, the #MeToo movement, immigration, and Supreme Court decisions. On the lighter side, one 51勛圖窪蹋 professor has cracked the code on the fastest way to board a plane.
- Professor and trauma surgeon Dr. Deborah Kuhls spoke with about the experiences surgeons face treating gunshot victims.
- Allied Health Sciences dean Ronald Brown offered insight to on ADHD diagnoses
- Chief Diversity Officer Barbee Oakes spoke with members of the Education Writers Association including about issues college leaders should be ready to address now
- Political Science professor Rebecca Gills #MeToo moment sparked her involvement in harassment prevention
- A Supreme Court decision in May altered the legality of sports betting across the nation. (Boston Globe)
- The covered a new project by Brookings Mountain West on Las Vegas and the middle class
- Social scientist Georgiann Davis on gender diversity in the U.S. and the importance of Washingtons adding a third gender option on the states birth certificates (Seattle Times)
- Astrophysicist Jason Steffens idea on the fastest and most efficient way to board a plane is gaining public momentum
Rankings and Programs
With its R1 very high research activity designation in December by Carnegie, 51勛圖窪蹋 joined the ranks of the nations top public research universities. 51勛圖窪蹋s success is due in part to rising academic programs that rank among the nations and worlds best. 51勛圖窪蹋 is also earning acclaim for a new academic program public policy, and it has Nevadas first accredited School of Public Health.
- For the second year, U.S. News & World Report ranked 51勛圖窪蹋 as the nations most diverse university for undergraduates
- U.S. News & World Report also ranked 51勛圖窪蹋 among the universities with the least debt for the graduating class of 2017
- 51勛圖窪蹋s Boyd School of Law continues to rise of the list of the nations top law schools.
- Among online masters degree programs, 51勛圖窪蹋s effort in nursing is among the nations best.
- A new Ph.D. program in public policy and leadership is bringing solutions to real-world problems in our community.
- Last month, 51勛圖窪蹋s School of Community Health Sciences became the first accredited School of Public Health in Nevada and joins just 66 programs nationwide
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